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07-13-2012, 06:30 PM

eugene562

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700 hour pilot Looking For a JOB

Does anyone know of any pilot jobs anywhere in the USA that is hiring. Willing to move for any job just trying to build hours and not trying to be a CFI. Im a Commercial pilot/ Instrument Rated/ in single and Multi engine. Thanks for any feedback

07-13-2012, 08:01 PM

CL30LAVDMPR

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How'd you get 700 hours without instructing? You may want to consider going back to that if working as a CFI isn't the way you think you should go...

07-13-2012, 08:53 PM

ERJF15

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Go fly pipeline

07-14-2012, 03:48 AM

Redstone256

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Eugene,

I'm no expert but I'm in a similar boat as you. It looks like pretty much all that's open to commercial pilots with less than pt 135 IFR minimums is banner towing, pipeline patrol, and of course instructing.

Good luck. Let us know what you find.

07-14-2012, 05:40 AM

lifter123

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Originally Posted by ERJF15

Go fly pipeline

+1. Turnover on pipeline jobs is pretty low because a lot of people stay here for careers. However, if you can get it, you will fly 100-125 hour/month and make a decent paycheck with bennies.

07-14-2012, 06:30 AM

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Buy a plane

Buy a plane and fly off the time.

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07-14-2012, 06:55 AM

Hawker Driver

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Back in the 80's, it was easy to instruct 100 hours a month. Now, you are lucky if you fly more than 30.

07-14-2012, 09:02 AM

yimke

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Originally Posted by Hawker Driver

Back in the 80's, it was easy to instruct 100 hours a month. Now, you are lucky if you fly more than 30.

You're in the wrong place then? 100 hours is easy to obtain working 5 days a week.

07-14-2012, 09:14 AM

eugene562

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I got 700 hours by flying a guy around, taking him different places for his job. And I just moved so now im looking for another flight gig. Anywhere.

07-14-2012, 09:30 AM

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freightdawg

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Back in the 80's, it was easy to instruct 100 hours a month. Now, you are lucky if you fly more than 30.

Ummm, I beg to differ. Did positions exist to instruct that much? Sure, a very few at 141 schools, who were far fewer then. A more typical number would have been 20-60 hours a month, depending on season and location.

Was is so much easier then? Hard to say - my knee jerk reaction is that we've recently seen a period where it was incredibly easy to get into, and survive, this career. I seem to remember a lot of my peers giving up on flying because there were no good jobs available.

Just saying - don't put on the rose colored glasses

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